The "killer app" for emacs is [http://orgmode.org org-mode]. Org-Mode is for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists, doing project planning, and authoring with a fast and effective plain-text system. It can also be used to log time spent on projects. On top of that, it also offers a convenient way of doing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming literate programming]. Plus it contains a spreadsheet.

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'''Org''' is an Emacs mode for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists,

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project planning, outlining, and authoring with a fast and effective

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plain-text system. Org Mode is simple enough to start using right

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away, but provides tons of advanced features to support a wide variety

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of tasks and workflows.

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Crucially, everything in Org is plain text with only very simple, human-readable markup, such as asterisks to denote heading levels.

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Org-Mode is distributed with Emacs (since Emacs 22.2). This project is

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under active development and new releases are often available.

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Org-Mode is distributed with Emacs, but you may want to check for a newer version. This project is under very active development.

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=== Features ===

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Mobile versions containing a subset of Org's features are available for iOS (iPhone/Pad/Pod) and Android.

[http://jblevins.org/projects/deft/ Deft], an Emacs mode for quickly browsing, filtering, and editing directories of plain text notes, inspired by Notational Velocity. It can be a way to leverage the process of taking notes in several org files.

Revision as of 09:03, 23 April 2014

Org is an Emacs mode for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists,
project planning, outlining, and authoring with a fast and effective
plain-text system. Org Mode is simple enough to start using right
away, but provides tons of advanced features to support a wide variety
of tasks and workflows.

Org-Mode is distributed with Emacs (since Emacs 22.2). This project is
under active development and new releases are often available.

Features

Simple plain text markup for hierarchical documents.

Built-in table editor: easily format tables and work with spreadsheets in plain text.

External Links

See also

Deft, an Emacs mode for quickly browsing, filtering, and editing directories of plain text notes, inspired by Notational Velocity. It can be a way to leverage the process of taking notes in several org files.